Kuhina Kaapuni, Hon. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ka Luna Hoʻokele o Sandals Resorts International (SRI), ʻo Adam Stewart, i ka hanohano hou i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka luna hoʻomalu o Sandals Resorts me kahi Kauka o nā kānāwai, ʻo Honoris Causa, no kāna hana ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana a me ke aloha aloha ma ka hui puka ʻana o ka UWI, Mona i nehinei.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, nāna i hoʻouna aku i kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻomaikaʻi iā Kauka Stewart mai Lākana kahi āna i hele ai e komo i ka World Travel Market (WTM,) makahiki, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokuʻu i kēlā hanana nui me ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana i koʻu hauʻoli nui no Dr. . ʻO Adam Stewart a hāʻawi i koʻu mahalo i kēia poʻokela ʻōpio o ka Caribbean Tourism.
ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, ʻo Kauka Stewart lāua ʻo Sandals "he hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻomohala hōkele a me ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi. i Jamaica, kona ʻāina hānau, a ma ka Caribbean. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia i lawe maikaʻi i ka ʻaʻahu i hāʻawi ʻia e kona makuakāne make, ʻo Hon. ʻO Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, akā ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kaulahao hōkele nui ma ka Caribbean i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Mr. Bartlett ua lawe mai ʻo Kauka Stewart i nā Sandals i kahi pae o ka hana hou i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ʻaʻole ma ka Caribbean wale nō akā ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka honua o ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Kauka Stewart ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka Tourism Linkages Council o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund, he hui lehulehu o ka Ministry of Tourism, he mea hoʻokele nui o ka ʻoihana kūloko, a ua kuhikuhi ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i "ka lawelawe a ka yeoman āna i hāʻawi ai i kēlā. ʻO ka mana ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o nā pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi loa e hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻāina ma o ka hui pū ʻana o ka lehulehu-private.
